Staff Platform Engineer - Core Platform Engineering
Core
Design, operate, and evolve a secure, scalable Kubernetes platform across cloud and on-prem environments to enable product teams to ship faster with strong reliability.
Role type
Staff Platform Engineer (Infrastructure)
Builds
Standardized platform capabilities (ingress, service mesh, secrets management), reusable Terraform modules, and automated lifecycle management for AWS and on-prem.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / Platform Engineering / Kubernetes
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Kubernetes cluster architecture and operations, AWS infrastructure patterns, Terraform and infrastructure as code, backend programming (Python or Go), observability (SLO/SLI design, alerting), technical leadership and architectural guidance
Preferred skills
Rancher, Istio, External Secrets, Vault, software supply-chain hardening, air-gapped environment operations, hybrid platforms (vSphere, VxRail)
Technologies
Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, Python, Go, Rancher, Istio, Vault
Responsibilities
Design and operate secure, scalable Kubernetes clusters; build standardized platform capabilities; develop reusable infrastructure patterns; strengthen observability; reduce platform friction via architectural guidance; automate platform lifecycle management; drive technical direction and mentor teams
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence
